The Homestead Steel Works were part of the Carnegie Steel Company and later the U.S. Steel Corporation. Within the Homestead Works, the 48" universal plate mill began operations in the 1890's and ceased operating in the mid-1980's. It was the last steam-driven rolling mill to operate in the U.S. and is recognized as historically significant by the Smithsonian Institution. The Steel Industry Heritage Corporation Project dismantled the mill and its steam engine; the parts are now in storage, awaiting eventual reassembly as part of the planned Steel Heritage Interpretive Center. To better illustrate the the steel mills of the past, we have available photos of the mill in operation; documentary photos and measured drawings done by the National Park Service's Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) team after operations had ceased; audio and videotaped oral histories of men who worked on the mill; and video footage and still photos of the dismantling process.
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